Keir Starmer’s bid to smash the class ceiling
Political Fix
Financial Times
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🗓️ 7 July 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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As Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer sketches out his vision for education, the FT’s Whitehall editor Lucy Fisher is joined by columnists Stephen Bush and Robert Shrimsley to discuss how to boost vocational training. Plus, the NHS reaches 75 - but is there much to celebrate? The FT’s global health editor Sarah Neville gives the service a health check. And will Threads overtake Twitter as the premier social network for political chat?
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| 0:58.8 | Welcome to Political Fix, your essential insider guide to Westminster |
| 1:02.5 | from the Financial Times with me, Lucy Fisher, the FT's Whitehall Editor. |
| 1:07.0 | You heard there my colleague Sarah Neville talking about the NHS as it celebrates |
| 1:11.1 | its 75th anniversary, more from her later. |
| 1:14.5 | Also coming up on the pod this week, could the Tories be facing a 5th by-election |
| 1:18.9 | as a standards committee recommends an 8-week ban for conservative MP Chris Pinscher |
| 1:23.9 | and will take a look at Keir's standards plans to smash the class ceiling. |
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